Word: awed
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...When the scoreboard showed the final tally for the host team, an awe-inspiring 286.125 under a scoring system that debuted at this Olympics, the Chinese squad dissolved into tears - a rare show of emotion. The tears flowed particularly freely for Zou Kai, a 1.5m tall Olympic first-timer, whose fluid performance on the horizontal bar capped the night's performance. "It's fantastic," said the native of Sichuan province, who spent nervous hours waiting to hear that his parents were safe after the May earthquake struck. "I told myself, 'Feel free and be yourself,' and it worked...
...popular computer-science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, he delivered his "Last Lecture" on Sept. 18, 2007. It became an Internet sensation, with a global audience charmed by his easy manner and insight, in awe of his complete lack of self-pity. It was as though he already knew more than he should, had dipped a ways into eternity and brought back some pieces for the rest of us to use in whatever ways and for whatever time we can. The end of the lecture, it turned out, was just the beginning...
...became a YouTube sensation, viewed many millions of times by people charmed by his easy manner, engaged by his lively insights into work, science, exploration, in awe of his complete lack of self-pity. He was the picture of health, with his thick dark hair and Muppet eyebrows, dropping to do push-ups on the stage, a defiant portrait of life with its edges all sharpened. Every sentence was soaked in gratitude, and listening to it could make you flinch at every time you'd whined or cheated or quit...
...Iraq Shock And Awe U.S. military facilities in Iraq were damaged or destroyed in 283 electrical fires in a six-month period, and 13 Americans there have been electrocuted since 2003, making wiring problems the biggest noncombat safety issue, according to recently publicized Army findings. A July 11 Senate inquiry revealed that contractor KBR Inc. hired inexperienced workers and Iraqi civilians who didn't speak English to construct some facilities...
...light chop near a sizable school of big black-and- white orcas, the clownish and sociable five-ton mammals called killer whales. Pointed black fins and huge wet backs surrounded the plane in a companionable way. A mother whale and her calf bobbed by. The pilot watched in awe with his passenger. He could count on finding mountain goats on most any flight and . perhaps a few sea otters floating on their backs in the waves and cracking clams on their chests. But the schooling orcas were a rarity. ''You don't see this but a couple of times...